If you believed this physical world is all there is, how would you make sense of consciousness? How would you deal with the absurdity of life? Would such questions bother you? For a young man in London, these questions are so troubling that his daily life is being disrupted. The post of him and his comment drew thousands of comments from others, many of them saying that they experienced, and are experiencing, the same. Andy can resonate with these commenters, as he himself wrestled with the same existential dread. Get his thoughts on today's edition of the AC Podcast.

Humans of New York: Discussing an Existential Crisis


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Links & Articles

The original Humans of New York post
Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism by Alvin Plantinga
Why I Am Not a Christian (1927) by Bertrand Russell
Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False by Thomas Nagel
Free Will by Sam Harris
The Human Project for Kids Podcast
The Atheist's Guide To Reality: Enjoying Life Without Illusions by Alex Rosenberg


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